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About Anant Fellowship

A one year full-time post-graduate diploma program in built environment designed as a multi-disciplinary immersion to introduce
young practitioners and students to new ideas, knowledge and skills to question, evaluate, invent
and redefine the BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

Anant Fellowship is the flagship program of Anant National University, a leading private university
with design and sustainability at it’s core.

The Fellowship is open to students and practitioners from all professional and educational
backgrounds with a preference to those from the disciplines of architecture, design, planning,
environmental science and engineering, civil and construction engineering, IT, social sciences, and
humanities.

As an Anant Fellow you can expect to:

Be trained to think broadly and deeply across topics like Green Urbanism, Earth Based
Construction Techniques, Transportation, Anthropology, Sociology, and Economics, among others

Gain a deeper understanding of yourself and others and develop imaginative empathy

Collaborate with like-minded individuals from diverse disciplines and take up a Built
Environment challenge with an opportunity for real-life impact

Become purpose-driven leaders who contribute to the larger society by creating unique Built
Environment solutions

In essence, you will be equipped with skills widely accepted by thought leaders as essential skills
of the future – EMPATHY, COLLABORATION, CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, and LEADERSHIP.

Eligibility:

Open to students from all backgrounds. Preference will be given to students from the
disciplines of architecture, design, planning, environmental sciences, civil and construction
engineering, and relevant social science disciplines.

Applicants must have a sound academic record and should have successfully completed an
undergraduate or postgraduate degree before the start of the Fellowship.

Applicants must be able to show a demonstrated commitment to improving the Built Environment
and an understanding of the issues pertaining to the area.

Anant Fellowship is committed to diversity; we invite applications from students and
professionals of all age-groups, socio-economic backgrounds, and geographies both in India and
internationally.

A year to expand your horizons and impact

Anant Fellowship has been carefully curated and structured to prepare you to make exponential
change – within yourself, to the country, and to the world. Academic rigour and intensity have
been combined with first-hand, experiential discovery to create an equitable balance between
theory and praxis, between instruction and experimentation, & between paced-learning and
open-ended discovery.

Academic Instruction: The first component of Anant Fellowship is designed to broaden your
perspective and aid empathetic solutions by learning from pioneering ideas, thoughts in two
thematic clusters: Domain and Technical and Societal and Cultural.

Experiential Discovery: In the second component of Anant Fellowship, you will learn from
your own, your peers’ first-hand experiences, and from your own values, beliefs, mindsets,
and constructs.

Live-Action Project: The third and most important component of the Fellowship is the
Live Action Project where you work in teams through the duration of one year to
solve a real-life challenge in close association with local administrative bodies and
community stakeholders.

The figure on the right gives an indicative list of things/courses you can expect to do under
each of these heads.

At a Glance

Real Learning

Anant Fellowship has been designed to meet the needs of practitioners who wish to further their
knowledge and impact without interrupting their careers. The coursework is rigorous and
demanding; the result is a real and practical learning experience.

Faculty

The Fellowship faculty is unmatched around the world. With an average experience of 20+ years,
these are the most celebrated and respected experts in their respective domains.

Campus

Spread across a sprawling 40 acre campus in Ahmedabad, the heart and hub of all things related
to Architecture, Design, and Environment.

Hostel

Separate accommodation on twin sharing basis available for Males and Females. Hostel is equipped
with all facilities for comfortable living including a Sports Room, Projector, Washing Machine,
Wi-Fi connection etc. Transport is provided to and from the hostel.

Scholarship

In the third year of the Fellowship, we are offering need-based scholarships up to 80% of the
cost of Tuition, Boarding, and Lodging. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to increase
their chances of getting scholarship assistance.

Start-up Accelerator

Assistance to start your own innovative enterprise by providing seed funding for the best three
start-up ideas in the space of Built Environment.

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The following elements will be considered to identify candidates with a strong, relentless
commitment to make a change to the Built Environment:

Online Application consisting of Worksample, Statement of Purpose, and Resume.

Anant National University

Anant National University (AnantU), India’s first Design University, is located in an expansive,
lush green campus in the World Heritage City of Ahmedabad. It was established as a private
university in 2016 by an Act of Legislature of the State of Gujarat.

AnantU aims to bridge the gap between contemporary socio-economic challenges and sustainable
solutions through design thinking. Its widely acclaimed international and national faculty
facilitate a holistic design education with a liberal arts perspective. The academic experience at
the university focusses on developing the self, while simultaneously building domain expertise and
providing industry exposure. AnantU offers full-time programmes at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels -
BDes (Space/Interior, Product, Interaction, Communication, Environmental, Transdisciplinary),
BArch, and MDes (Urban Design and Integrated Product Design).

The university is led by a cadre of eminent people from academia, business, and government, all of
whom are leaders in their respective fields. Meet some of our Board Members who are leaders in
their respective fields:

Mr. Ajay Piramal

President, Anant National UniversityChairman, Piramal Group

Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha

Provost, Anant National UniversityFounding Dean, Indian School of
Business (ISB)Founder & Trustee, Ashoka University